Child Marriage

51% Bangladeshi girls married off before they’re 18

Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of child marriage in South Asia, with 51 percent of girls married before turning 18 between 2006 and 2024, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations.

Child Marriage Rate / Bangladesh ranks top in Asia, 8th globally

Bangladesh has the highest child marriage rate in Asia and ranks 8th globally, with 51.4 percent of women aged 20-24 married before they turned 18, according to a Unicef report released on International Women’s Day.

Bring back married adolescent girls to schools

Child marriage in Bangladesh hinders girls' education and lifelong opportunities.

Act against discrimination: New strategies to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh

Despite efforts and three decades of education-focused interventions, Bangladesh continues to be ranked eighth in the world today in terms of the incidence of child marriage.

The child brides of Rasulpur

As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.

Why laws and campaigns are failing to stop child marriage

Why parents to resort to child marriage?

Young people belong in school, not at work

Why are so many out of school then?

Opinion / Climate change is fuelling child marriage in Bangladesh

Climate change adaptation programmes must support efforts that promote greater access to quality education for adolescent girls.

Reducing preterm births is an achievable goal. Why are we failing then?

Comprehensive measures needed to tackle this issue effectively

June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025

51% Bangladeshi girls married off before they’re 18

Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of child marriage in South Asia, with 51 percent of girls married before turning 18 between 2006 and 2024, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations.

March 10, 2025
March 10, 2025

Bangladesh ranks top in Asia, 8th globally

Bangladesh has the highest child marriage rate in Asia and ranks 8th globally, with 51.4 percent of women aged 20-24 married before they turned 18, according to a Unicef report released on International Women’s Day.

December 5, 2024
December 5, 2024

Bring back married adolescent girls to schools

Child marriage in Bangladesh hinders girls' education and lifelong opportunities.

October 12, 2024
October 12, 2024

Act against discrimination: New strategies to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh

Despite efforts and three decades of education-focused interventions, Bangladesh continues to be ranked eighth in the world today in terms of the incidence of child marriage.

May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024

The child brides of Rasulpur

As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.

April 19, 2024
April 19, 2024

Why laws and campaigns are failing to stop child marriage

Why parents to resort to child marriage?

March 26, 2024
March 26, 2024

Young people belong in school, not at work

Why are so many out of school then?

February 29, 2024
February 29, 2024

Climate change is fuelling child marriage in Bangladesh

Climate change adaptation programmes must support efforts that promote greater access to quality education for adolescent girls.

October 8, 2023
October 8, 2023

Reducing preterm births is an achievable goal. Why are we failing then?

Comprehensive measures needed to tackle this issue effectively

October 6, 2023
October 6, 2023

Why is child marriage still so rampant?

Shocking revelations coming out of Brac study